Feedback: Contact lenses interactive – 1

A recent CPD article (Optician 04.02.22) by Neil Retallic and Dr Manbir Nagra discussed handling of contact lenses. The bulk of their article focused on patient reported outcomes from a survey exploring the handling experiences and wearing habits of 1,031 soft daily disposable contact lens wearers in the context of current literature and accepted clinical practice. The good news from this survey was that nearly a third (31%) of the wearers reported no handling difficulties.

They noted: ‘Although there is awareness of handling-related dropout issues, there is surprisingly little published on what specific aspects of handling cause the most difficulties or have the greatest influence on contact lens retention. Wearer experiences are likely to differ between lens materials, lens types and modalities. That is even before personal motivation, expectation and mind-set factors are taken into consideration.’